1 A GTK+-based implementation of the wxWidgets cross-platform GUI library.
3 wxWidgets is a set of libraries that allows C++ applications to compile and
4 run on several different types of computer, with minimal source code changes.
5 There is one library per supported GUI (such as Windows, GTK+, Motif, and Mac).
6 As well as providing a common API (Application Programming Interface) for GUI
7 functionality, it provides functionality for accessing some commonly-used
8 operating system facilities, from copying and deleting files to socket and
9 thread support. wxWidgets is a 'framework' in the sense that it provides a lot
10 of built-in functionality, which the application can use or replace as required,
11 thus saving a great deal of coding effort. Basic data structures such as
12 strings, arrays, linked lists and hash tables are also supported.
14 Such a toolkit is not unique - there are others to choose from - but wxWidgets
15 is free, well-established, well-documented, and very broad in its coverage of
16 GUI functionality. It has some extras that make it stand out from the crowd,
17 such as the many convenience dialogs, built-in HTML display and printing,
18 virtual filesystems, easy-to-use OLE automation controller class, Open GL
19 support, and many other features that make it easier to write modern and
20 user-friendly applications.
22 There is also a python interface available, wxPython (see the py-wxWidgets